NEW MODERN DIS-FUNCTIONAL SOCIETY: 

SOCIAL CLASSES AND WESTERN VALUES BEYOND THE OLD CLASS WARFARE OF WORKERS, BOURGEOIS MIDDLE CLASS AND RULERS (NOBILITY AND KINGS) WHO WERE IMBUED WITH THE FEAR OF GOD. NOW:

1. PEOPLE ON WELFARE WHO NEED WELFARE
2. PEOPLE WHO BLUDGE ON WELFARE 
3. YOUNG PEOPLE THUMBING DUMB-SMARTPHONES
4. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GO TO WORK TO SHOW LATEST TATOOS
5. PEOPLE WITH NO AMBITION AND ARE LAZY SLOBS
6. HARD WORKING DUMB PEOPLE
7. COMPETITIVE PSYCHOPATHS, 
8. RETIRED PSYCHOS WHO DID WORK HARD AND PAID TAXES
9. POLITICIANS — MOSTLY SOCIOPATHS
10. TRADIES WORKING FOR CASH
11. LYING JOURNALISTS
12. CONTENTED BOURGEOIS WHO STILL BELIEVE IN GOD
13. FAT PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR BLUBBER
14. RICH DUDES WHO GET RICHER
15. THIN PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE FAT PEOPLE
16. ARMY PERSONNEL WHO BELIEVE IN MEDALS
17. BUMS LIVING ON THE STREET DESPITE WELFARE
18. PEOPLE WHO CAN’T FIND A PLACE TO LIVE IN
19. DECEITFUL PEOPLE
20. UNRULY KIDS
21. TEACHERS WHO TRY TO TEACH UNRULY KIDS
22. MAD PEOPLE
23. WEATHER FORECASTERS
24. ADVERTISERS AND SPRUIKERS
25. POLICE
26. SINGERS WHO THINK SINGING IS A PROFESSION
27. CHID MOLESTERS
28. HONEST TRUTH-TELLERS: 260 INDIVIDUALS IN AMERICA, IN A POPULATION OF 350 MILLION.

Robert Shetterly’s portraits of American truth-tellers, painted on wood panels, measure 36 inches tall by 30 inches wide. He uses brushes, palette knives and his fingers to complete each painting and a dental pick to etch the quote into the surface. Pause to look at the face, the eyes. Take a moment to read the quote. The portraits are the opposite of hot takes or quick opinions. They invite you to ponder a person, their words, the issues that inspire their life’s journey, work, activism, and imagination. And then they welcome you into that vital conversation — across time and space —  about what it means to be an American citizen.

THESE DO NOT SEEM TO INCLUDE ANY CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY, NOR POLITICIANS NOR PRESIDENTS....

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